Ventura County deputy injured in Valencia collision

Firefighters and paramedics immobilize a motorcyclist's leg as they prepare to transport him to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital on Friday following a motorcycle-BMW colllision at McBean Parkway and Copper Hill Drive in Valencia. The motorcyclist was identified as a Ventura County Sheriff's Department deputy. Signal photo by Dan Watson

A Ventura County sheriff’s deputy was injured in Valencia on Friday in a collision between a car and a motorcycle.

The motorcyclist was a Ventura County sheriff’s deputy whose left leg was broken in the collision, said Santa Clarita Valley sheriff’s Lt. Mark Hershey. The deputy was in surgery at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Friday afternoon, Hershey said.